Afternoon all. Well, if this is anything like as entertaining as the amuse bouche of today's Easter football feast then we're in for a treat. Reading v Leeds at the Mad Stad was a cracking contest, full of thunderous tackles, frantic attacking and a crucial late goal to win it for the home side.

4.12pm: General consensus seems to be that this is going to be a thoroughly entertaining contest. Swansea are on the cusp of the second top-10 top-flight finish in their history, but really this is a bigger game for the visitors. Would six wins in their final seven games be enough for fourth?

PEEP! Off we go then. Newcastle get things underway at a noisy, bubbly Liberty Stadium.

1 min: The unanimous expectation that this'll be some sort of minor classic makes me a little nervous. Anticipation has a habit to set you up for disappointment, as popular beat combo Arctic Monkeys once pointed out.

2 min: Ba gets caught napping on the edge of his own area by Sigurdsson. A quick exchange of passes with Dyer puts the Icelander in, but he can only drag his shot across goal.

GOAL!!! Swansea 0-1 Newcastle (Cisse 5) What a start! Cabaye sends a gorgeous throughball into the path of Cisse, and the Senegal international tucks it tidily past Vorm.

7 min: Pass, pass, pass from Swansea in response.

9 min: Newcastle are pressing high up the pitch. We saw Spurs do that to good effect last week.

11 min: "OK, Pardew is doing well, but do we need some perspective?" begins Gary Naylor. "There's so little to choose between the midfield runners in the Premier League that a couple of decent signings and a bit of luck with injuries or refereeing decisions and, hey presto, a side can go from 14th to 7th in a matter of weeks (I know, I'm an Everton fan - we do it most seasons). It's the second season - like a band's second album - that reveals true abilities. Pardew isn't Pulis yet."

12 min: Williams wrestles Cisse to the turf over by the technical area. Howard Webb parps on his whistle until the Swansea man calms down.

13 min: Is Angel Rangel the only rhyming player in professional football? Anyone think of any others? I'm struggling …

14 min: Rangel, the man himself, spankles a shot over the bar after a neat Dyer dummy.

15 min: Swansea have had 75% of the possession thus far. But they've not really created much with it … until now. Allen gets a couple of yards of space 25 yards out but his shot is rather scuffed into the hands of Krul.

16 min: Demba Ba - does that count as a rhyme? – gets a sight of goal, but Swansea's defenders swarm back to block the shot.

18 min: Dyer attempts a back heel but instead pokes the ball out in front of himself for a throw in. "Hakan Yakin," suggests Luke Somerville. "It depends on your pronunciation. I'm from Dublin so it works for me."

20 min: Williamson makes a solid block on the edge of the area as Swansea continue to press.

21 min: Look, Gary Barry is not a rhyming footballer. His name is Gareth.

23 min: Ben Arfa utterly does Taylor on halfway and weaves his way forward. He cuts inside and slaps in a shot but Vorm saves comfortably.

24 min: Newcastle have given the ball away far too cheaply on the few brief occasions they've had a touch.

32 min: Dyer concedes a free-kick on the edge of the Newcastle box. Still the home side dominate.

34 min: "As a person of Turkish descent, I have to chip in with the proper pronunciation of Hakan Yakin: Ha-Kahn Ya-kn," reports Emre Arslan. "I'm afraid it doesn't really rhyme, sorry Luke. As far as rhyming footballers go, I can offer one Okan Alkan, currently playing for Kayserispor on loan from Fenerbahce."

36 min: More (slightly aimless) pass, pass, pass from Swansea. It's remarkable how they monopolise the ball, but they seem to be a trequartista short of being something truly wonderful.

39 min: … Sigurdsson … over the wall … but into the waiting arms of Krul.

40 min: "You're distracting me from (supposed) work on my PhD to think of rhyming footballers," writes Gerard McCourt. While googling I could find none, however I did discover that there is a Bolivian professional team named Club Destroyers. I feel this is worth sharing."

41 min: Sigurdsson cuts inside from the right, but Newcastle fling bodies in to block the shot.

43 min: According to InfostradaLive on Twitter, only two players have ever scored eight Premier League goals quicker than Papiss Cisse. He's taken eight games, they (both) took five. Don't email, it's just for fun.

Peep! So despite 79% – 79%! – possession for the home side, it's Newcastle who lead at the break.

Half-time analysis I Sometimes I feel like such a football neanderthal. All this admirable tiki and tasty taka, but there's a little part of my brain that keeps roaring: 'Oh, for pete's sake. Stick it in the mixer!' This makes me a Bad Person.

Half-time trivia answer dept The two players who reached eight Premier League goals quicker than Cissé … Sergio Aguero and Micky Quinn. [richard from Pointless]Well done if you got those at home[/richard from Pointless]

Peep! Swansea get Half II underway. "You're not alone," writes Nicholas. "Swansea is like a mouse in a cage running around and doing almost nothing else. I do wonder if they go back to the dressing room at half time and ask, with pride in their eyes, 'How many passes do we have, Brendan?'"

46 min: Almost a storming start from the home side – Sigurdsson watches as his shot is deflected narrowly wide. "Li Tie?" suggests Andrew Young.

47 min: In substitute news, it would be remiss of me were I not to mention that Tiote has tweaked a hamstring and was replaced by Ryan Taylor at the interval.

48 min: This is wonderful: "What about the wonderfully named Nortei Nortey?" suggests Colin in Brussels.

50 min: Newcastle go long and win a throw in. This means it is their longest spell of possession of the game.

51 min: And, after keeping the ball for a spell, Ben Arfa skews a cross hopelessly over the bar.

52 min: So close! Allen shoots from distance after a horrible Williamson clearance. The Newcastle defender gets a tiny touch on the shot, which is enough to flummox Krul, but the keeper manages to deflect the ball away off his thigh.

58 min: Newcastle punt long, Williams and Cisse grapple … and Newcastle have a free-kick. But before they take that, Ba is replaced by Shane Ferguson. Who is a left-back. Strange one.

59 min: The free-kick, you won't be surprised to learn, comes to nothing. Ferguson has settled in on the left side of midfield, so it's a move designed to curb the attacking threat of Rangel, who has been seeing a lot of the ball.

GOAL!!! Swansea 0-2 Newcastle (Cisse 69) Another lovely goal from the Senegal striker. Cabaye again pings in a pass. The ball seems to get stuck under Cisse's feet, but he manages to scoop his shot over Vorm and into the top corner. That is a quite glorious finish.

71 min: Swansea look to respond immediately. Sinclair stings Krul's hands with a drive, then Graham is close to getting on the end of a lovely little Britton dink.

78 min: Sinclair checks inside and send a daisycutter into the hands of Krul. He and Graham have added a bit of spark up front for the home side. But it looks like it'll be too little, too late.

81 min: Williams, who has been booked, bundles over Gosling. He's doing a Phillipe Petit, but Howard Webb keeps his cards in his pocket.

83 min: Rangel glances a header wide from a Sigurdsson corner.

86 min: That second goal means that Mick Quinn is the only player to reach nine Premier League goals quicker than Cisse.

88 min: This is petering out now, much like Swansea's season is in danger of doing.

89 min: Excellent interception from Perch cuts out Sigurdsson's pass.

90 min: Three minutes of injury time to be played.

90+2 min: Sigurdsson flicks a pretty apologetic free-kick at goal and again finds only Krul's breadbasket.

Peep! Peep!! Peeeeeeeeeep!!! All over. What a result that is for Newcastle.

Right, that's it from me. Newcastle close the gap on Arsenal and Spurs, and now have two winnable home games on the bounce. It could get very interesting. Thanks, as ever, for all your emails. Cheerio!